Improvement in car-couplings



J. J. ANTHONY. Oar-Coupling.

No. 199,173. Patented Jan.- 15, 1878.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS N.PETERS. PNDTO-LITHDGRAPHER. VIASHlNGTQN. D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE JACOB J. ANTHONY, OF SHARON SPRINGS, NEWYORK.

IM PROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 199,173, dated January15, 1878; application filed November 27, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J AOOB J. ANTHONY, ofSharon Springs, in the county of Schoharie and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Oar-Coupling, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved car-coupling; Fig. 2, a sideelevation of one of the coupling-hooks and section of platform. Fig. 3is a front elevation of my improved car-coupler, showing its position onthe car-platform.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to a combined coupler, draw-bar, and buffer, and itwill be first described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawing, A is a draw-bar, having a flat taperingportion, a, terminating at its inner or attached end in the disk b,which is apertured to receive the bolt 0, which also passes through thetimber of the carframe.

Upon the free end of the bar there is a hook, cl, the vertical length ofwhich is equal to the difference between the highest and lowestcar-frame to which the couplings are applied. The rib of this hook iswholly upon one side of a line drawn centrally through the draw-bar, andupon the extremity of the hook there is a square vertical rib, e, whichforms a bufi'er, and also a shoulder, which is engaged by the uncouplingdevice. The hook 01 projects downward, and is strengthened by atriangular brace, f, which extends along the under face of the part a,and overlaps the disk I) a short distance.

There is an oblong aperture, 9, in the brace f at the junction of thehook d with the part a for receiving a bar, h, which is bolted to thecar-frame, forming a support for the drawbar, and serving to prevent thetwisting of the bar. It also affords additional safety, as it will holdthe draw-bar and carry along the car in case the bolt 0 or inner end ofthe drawbar should fail.

A right-angled lever, z, is pivoted to the back of the hook, and to it,near its fulcrum, a slotted cross-bar, j, is attached. Bolts 70 extendthrough holes in the hooks d, and are fastened at their outer ends andpivoted in the slots in the cross-bar j, the slots through which thepivots extend being widened to adinit of the movement of the bolts in aright Springs 1 are placed on the bolts 70, and attached to the boltsnear the bar j and to the back of the draw-bar. By moving the lever i ineither direction on its pivot, one of bolts 70 is drawn out of thedraw-bar, and the other is projected through, so as to engage the sideof the rib e, and separate the two parts of the coupling by pushing thetwo hooks asmder. When the uncoupling device is not in use the springs Zhold the bolts k in their normal position.

The upper end of the lever i has an eye, m, for receiving a long hook orrope for disengaging the coupling from the side of the car. The rope mayextend to the engine-cab to enable the engineer to detach the train fromthe engine on seeing danger ahead, so that the engine may confront thedanger alone,

and thus save life and property.

The draw-bars are exactly alike for both ends of the car, and are forcedinto engagement with each other by semi-elliptical leafspring, it,placed at the back of each, and supported by the car-frame.

The hooks engage automatically when two cars are brought together, andthe cars are uncoupled by the means already described.

The great vertical height of the hooks insures their engagement when twocars of different height are brought together. This feature renders thecoupling applicable to freightcars of every description. When soapplied, the uncoupling-lever i may extend to the roof of the car, wherethe coupling can be easily operated by the brakeman.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A car-coupling having hook with rib e, incombination with slotted cross-bar j, bolt is, and spring l, as and forthe purpose described.

2. The combination, with bar h, of the brace f, having hole 9 extendingunder part a and overlapping disk I), as and for the purpose specified.

3. The right-angled lever 13, having attached to it the slottedcross-bar j, the bolts k, and springs Z, in combination with thedraw-bar A, substantially as herein shown and described.

J AOOB J. ANTHONY.

Witnesses:

DAVID HUBBs, MORRIS H. JACOBS.

